While at UNT's College of Visual Arts and Design, Jackie Lawrence ('19) switched from medium to medium. But she found her place in an introduction to weaving course her junior year. Her work will be seen as part of the "Intangible" exhibit this summer at the Sweet Tooth Hotel near Victory Plaza in Dallas. Each room will be transformed with fibers with Lawrence's topographical latch hook colorscapes acting as a façade for a wall. "Weaving was the first medium I ever worked with where I felt like I could talk about my spirituality and things I had been wrestling with for years in an articulate way," Lawrence says.

Alumna Jackie Lawrence ('19) is pictured with a preview of her installation for "Intangible." The jungle theme incorporates bright colors and differing densities and lengths in the latch hook patterns to create a 3D environment.

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